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THE SHINING Shined a Light on the Horrors of Domestic Abuse; Here’s How Life for Teens is More Chilling Today

What is The Shining about? Is it about a clairvoyant child? A haunted hotel? Cabin Fever? Reincarnation? Mental illness? Or, the evil that lies within us, that can be coaxed ...
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Podcast: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Innovated Horror, But Sluts Still Get Cuts

'80s Movies: A Guide to What's Wrong with Your Parents podcast looks how '80s films affected a generation. It's the 35th Anniversary of A Nightmare Before Elm Street, a movie ...
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35 Years Later, Get Slimed Again: GHOSTBUSTERS returns to theaters & we’re hosting a massive ticket giveaway!

Something strange is returning to your neighborhood, something weird and it does look good! The 1984 horror comedy classic Ghostbusters returns to theaters Sun., Oct. 6, and Thurs., Oct. 10 ...
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Podcast: BEETLEJUICE – Suicide is Funny?

Color us black and white - it's almost Halloween! It's this time of year when parents think of sharing with their kids the one '80s horror comedy that seems appropriate ...
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Podcast: Did HEATHERS Lead to a Darker High School Experience Today?

Thirty years ago, Daniel Waters wrote Heathers as a response to the John Hughes perspective of teen life, reflecting that getting through high school wasn't just a struggle, it was ...
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Podcast: What SAY ANYTHING says about ’80s teens

https://80smovieguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Say-Anything-Podcast.mp3 It's the 30th Anniversary of Say Anything, the film that truly launched Cameron Crowe as a filmmaker (yes, he'd written Fast Times at Ridgemont High and made The Wild ...
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PODCAST: How Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure was Most Triumphant (and One Heinous Inclusion)

We share a mission with Ted Logan and Bill Preston, Esq. Cinema's favorite air-guitaring airheads know that to move forward most righteously, you've got to travel back in time to ...
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PODCAST: JUST ONE OF THE GUYS is a Dude’s Story Disguised as a Chick Flick

Just One of the Guys has aspiring journalist Terry Griffith going undercover as a guy to fight the sexism she perceives is keeping her from landing a coveted internship at ...
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PODCAST: Men’s dreams come true in XANADU

Xanadu is a pure, sweet romantic musical fantasy down to the kissing animated fish. Wait...what? You know, like the man dressed like a spider crawling under women's legs. Huh? Xanadu ...
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PODCAST: CASUAL SEX? Writer Wendy Goldman explains how a female buddy musical comedy turned into an Andrew “Dice” Clay rom-com.

Tara McNamara and Riley Roberts give their take on Casual Sex? (1988) with an interview with the film's writer Wendy Goldman on the "'80s Movies: A Guide to What's Wrong ...
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We co-host ICONIC ’80s Week with Lea Thompson on HDNET Movies!

The founder of '80s Movie Guide, Tara McNamara, will interview actress-director Lea Thompson for "Iconic '80s," a week-long special airing July 22-27 exploring the '80s through its movies on HDNET ...
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Kevin Costner and Dwier Brown tried to change FIELD OF DREAMS’ most memorable line: 17 Crazy, Magical Facts About the Baseball Classic

Thirty years ago, Dwier Brown had a small but significant role in Field of Dreams, playing the late, estranged father of Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner). The movie is a fantasy ...
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